“We applaud the efforts of the United Auto Workers, Sen. Sherrod Brown and Congressman Tim Ryan in fighting to protect manufacturing jobs in the Buckeye State and call on all of our elected officials — particularly those who come here to throw campaign rallies — to show the same resolve in standing up for Ohio workers. Mike DeWine should make this a top priority immediately, not wait around until January for a meeting.”

In 2015, Trump was in Michigan when he was asked about President Barack Obama’s rescue of the American auto industry, and Trump said, “You could have let it go bankrupt, frankly.” He added, “You would have wound up in the same place” without the auto rescue.